They better get rid of this idea that they’re the only major people want to work for. The pilot shortage hasn’t really even got going strong yet. If they are turning down well qualified pilots over purely stupid stuff like the Hogan or something else, they need to re-think their hiring strategy. Why is a captain for a regional flying United owned planes with United ticketed passengers not qualified to fly for United?

I know somebody will say “because they won’t cannibalize their own regionals”. Okay, well guess what..those pilots they turn down can and just might go to one of United’s competitors who doesn’t give a ******* about United’s regional staffing. Instead of gaining a qualified pilot who is already familiar with United’s system, now they’ve potentially lost that pilot to a competitor. Sounds pretty bass ackwards to me.